Hot Springs National Park
Managed by National Park Service
17 acres
Dogs usually limited
No trailhead mapped yet
DOutdoors
Outdoors in Piney
Few parks or trails are on the map in Piney
10% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 11 acres are parks and preserves, 2.5 per 1,000 residents.
Ahead of 6% of U.S. towns · #118 of 123 in Arkansas. What drives it
Conserved land
under 1%
10 acres · of 6.5 sq mi of land
Trails
0.0 mi
0.0 per sq mi of land
Park land
11 ac
2.5 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
10%
of residents within ½ mile
Bike routes
1.9 mi
1.6 mi lanes
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Piney have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Piney is ahead of 6% of U.S. towns, #118 of 123 in Arkansas. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; park acres per resident come closest.
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OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Piney’s overall grade.
Conserved landunder 1% of the land · typical AR town 1% · U.S. 4%C−Trails0.0 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (0 mi) · AR 0.2 · U.S. 0.4DPark land2.5 acres of park per 1,000 residents (11 acres) · AR 8 · U.S. 13C−Parks close to home10% of residents within a half mile of a park · AR 46% · U.S. 72%D
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 6%
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Arkansas towns of 2,500+ (123)Ahead of 4%
Few Arkansas towns conserve much land (a typical one, 1%; the U.S., 4%), so Piney’s under 1% is ahead of 26% of Arkansas towns, while its trails per square mile lead 2% of them.
Water is 8% of Piney’s area (1 of 7 square miles), so every share here is of land; over land and water together, the conserved share would read under 1%.
NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Piney. OpenStreetMap is mapped by volunteers and coverage varies from town to town, so a town with unmapped parks scores low on them.
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from D− to D. Trails and many small parks come from OpenStreetMap, mapped by volunteers, so coverage varies from town to town; the half mile is a straight line from each census block, so a river or highway in the way isn’t counted against it.
PAD-US, OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors), Census 2025 Gazetteer and 2020 blocks; details in Sources below. How TownRatings grades the outdoors →
The map
Conserved land, trails & bike routes
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Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk
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Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Vulcan Pickleball Park
Park
1 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects it
10 conserved acres
under 1% of Piney’s land. Water is left out: Piney has 6.5 square miles of land and 0.6 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages Piney’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
National Park Service10 ac
National Park · 10 ac
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hot Springs National Park National Park | National Park Service | 10 | Open |
Biking & sports
1.9 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
1.6 mi
painted or protected bike lanes
0.3 mi
shoulders & shared lanes
When to get out
The walking year in Piney
NOAA’s 1991–2020 normals for the town and the daylight at its latitude. Outlined months have long days, highs of 59 to 86 °F and little rain for the place.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daylight (h) | 10.1 | 10.9 | 11.9 | 13.0 | 13.9 | 14.4 | 14.2 | 13.4 | 12.3 | 11.2 | 10.3 | 9.9 |
| High (°F) | 52 | 57 | 65 | 74 | 81 | 88 | 92 | 92 | 85 | 75 | 63 | 54 |
| Rain (in) | 3.7 | 4.2 | 5.1 | 5.7 | 6.1 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 4.9 |
August is the driest month (3.4 in) and July the warmest (highs of 92 °F). 6.1 inches fall in May, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 92 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Piney →
Next door
Piney and its neighbors
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| Town | Conserved of land | Trail mi per sq mi | Park acres per 1,000 | Near a park ½ mile | Outdoors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Piney | under 1% | under 0.1 | 2 | 10% | D |
| Hot Springs | 8% | 0.7 | 53 | 45% | B+ |
| Rockwell | 1% | 0.3 | 8 | 18% | C |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Piney
How much of Piney is conserved land?
under 1% of its land, against a typical 1% for an Arkansas town and 4% nationally (PAD-US). Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors: easements are usually private land.
Are dogs allowed on Piney’s trails?
Hot Springs National Park and Vulcan Pickleball Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Where can I bike in Piney?
1.9 miles of bike routes are on the map: 1.6 of painted or protected lanes and 0.3 of shoulders and shared lanes.
Is there public land near Piney?
32,558 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Piney or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 11 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Piney have?
Ahead of 6% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #118 of 123 in Arkansas. The grade combines the share of land that is conserved, miles of mapped trail per square mile of land, park acres per 1,000 residents and the share of residents within a half mile of a park. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
Trail talk
Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Piney neighbors.
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Sources
Where this page comes from
Conserved and public land: USGS Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US), service updated July 2026. Parks, trails, playgrounds, beaches and other places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), map data as of 2026-10-28. Land and water area: Census 2025 Gazetteer. Residents near a park: 2020 Census blocks. National Register: National Park Service. How TownRatings grades the outdoors →